Melody Drive In Theater

Really cool drive in theater. It was my first time at a drive in. I enjoyed it. The movie starts at like sundown. They have a place to get food like pretzels, popcorn, nachos, etc. The screen is pretty big and you can hook up the sound inside your car. I didnt want to get chewed up by the mosquitos outside although allot of people were outside watching the movie with no problem on the hood of the car or set up like a picnic with folding chairs. It was a nice experience. Ive only seen drive ins on movies a couple going to a drive in on a date start makin out lol maybe ill try that next time ;) hehe

LOVE this place! Best place to spend an evening in the summer. Concessions are good. Always fresh. Grounds are very clean. Nice grass lawn so you can sit outside or in your car. Lots of space. Usually no too packed on the week nights. We visit all summer long and dream about it all winter.

We’ve been coming to Bass Lake for nearly 30 years, and this is one of the best parts about the lake! Ticket and food prices are reasonable (especially because you get a double-​feature), but you can also bring in your own food and drinks. Awesome! The nostalgia/​experience of going to a drive-​in movie theater is wonderful. We love taking friends here.

A review under construction… initial thoughts.
I went to this drive in theater on 7÷26÷2010 because I liked the double feature playing — Salt /​Knight and Day.
I justified driving the distance as I had some errand to run in Hammond, what’s another 60 or so miles ?
When purchasing your ticket you get a flier with the current features, a menu, and a list of the rules of the theater. I was surprised at the effort that it felt like free shwag. I still remember the old days when you could buy a glossy program/​magazine that was paired with the movie.
With their inclusion of a printed menu, you can budget how much the snacks are going to cost you, your date, or family.
I wasn’t sure which screen was showing my features and asked the pleasant ticket seller. Once I entered I was surprised that there were already cars there as the weather was raining off and on.
The snack bar was modern and reminded me of a standard fast food restaurant counter. They had a few more things than other drives I’ve been too such as spicy chicken wings. Which I ordered and were decent.
It seemed a little disorganized behind the counter but maybe it was a new crew being broken in due to the horrible weather. This was made up by different staff who wanted to make sure that I had been assisted.
I was so impressed with the friendly service and offerings I was considering the purchase of a T-​Shirt. Unfortunately they did not have black in my size. They are only $ 9.00.
The other drive ins could learn lessons from this one. Make a flier what is playing (how hard is a laserjet printout). Bend over backwards to help the customers. And a bit of friendly banter over the radio/​speakers before starting the show.
One of my annoyances with «another drive in» is that they make the snack bar updates/​announcements about 10 minutes in the second movie. Sure its great that everything cooked has been discounted to $ 1 but I wish they would do it without 10 seconds of dead air before and after the announcement.